This year's awards season kicked off with the Palm Springs Film Festival over the weekend. On Saturday, January 3, numerous Oscar hopefuls attended the gala at the Palm Springs Convention Center. "" cast members including , Allen Leech, Alex Lawther and Matthew Beard were present alongside director Morten Tyldum. Other stars such as , , , , , and were also in attendance.

Pike was honored with a Breakthrough Performance by an Actress award for her performance in "" that night and was introduced by her co-stars Carrie Coon and Kim Dickens. Pitt, meanwhile, showed up onstage to introduce Oyelowo who won a Breakthrough Performance by an Actor award for his role as Marti...